1. OA 7 E T IME ~ROUP 2. LOCATION 5 Novemb~r 59 06/00lDZ Hont auk AFS, LI, N. Y. 1. SOU~Cf 10. CONCLUSION l'lilita ry BAJ.LOOU 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS The obj ect u flight path i s ch~racteristic of a balloon s. LENGTH OF OBS!RVATION 11. BRIEP' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 10 Hinut es 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ra~ar. blip, l / 8t h " \ride on : a da r scre~n. It \ra s s beadily cl.'" .. mbmg to a ran{;e of h3 rru.les arrl azintUth of 286 ,.,;an a l t at fadeout of 78 , 200 feet . Gro urld-?..ado.r 7. C O URSE As cenrli..ng 9", PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SE P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) p,..viou dl!lol\t f)r thh ro,. tSY b uud, DEPARTMfNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE INCOfvliNG CH~D364 ZCY"JC04~ PP ~JEZHQ. DE RJEDJ~ 55 A F'M COMDR NYADS MCGUIRE AFa NJ T~ ~JWFAL/COMDR ADC RJEZSN/ CoMDR 26TH ADI'J ~JEOS~/ COMD~ AT IC .. .RJC:Z}iQ/ ASST' CHIEF. OF ST P.Ff I NTELLIGENCE H:;)S USAF' RJ2ZHQ/OrFICE OF I NFJ SVCS HQ USAF RUZ?BL/CO~DR 133 6 AISS /UNCLAS/.NE~J YORK ADS 10953 NYOOP-IN. SUBJ: UFO. FOLLQI~ING. REPORT IS SU3MIITED IN ACCORDANCE W1T H AFR 200-2: A. DESCRIPTION JF 03JECT: Cl) RADAR PIP C2> ONE EIGTH INCH WIDE ON RADAR SCREEN DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE . ( STAFF MESSAGe DIVISION UNCLASSIFIEO MESSAGE 1 N C 0 Nl IN G PAGE T~O RJEDJR 55A C ~) NONE: 3. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF 03JECT: <2> AZ!~UTH 232 DEG ES/ALTITUDE 68,~00 FEET/ RANGE 4~ MILES. C3) AZIMUTH 286 DEG~EES/ALTifUDE 73,200FEET/RANGE 43 MILES. ( ~) TRACK FIRST SEEN AT 0019Z AT 282 DEGREES, RANGE OF 40 MILES AT A~l ALTITUDS JF 68,0 FEST. IT WAS STEADILY CLIM3ING TO A RANGE J F 43 t1ILS .~ND AZIMUfH OF 286 DEGREES ITH AN ALTITUDE AT FADE JI!T OF 78,22J FEST . ( 5) FA DE 0 UT T 0 IJJE ST. < 6) TEN M !~JUTES. ~. ~ANNE~oF OBSE~VATION: < 1) G~OUND-ELECTRONIC: ;tADAR: FPS-20; HIGHT-FINDER: FPS-6; IFF: . D. TIM~ AND D~TE OF SIGHTING: Cl) 06/2at9Z NOVEMBER 59 <2) NIGHT DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE . ( ~T AFr MESSAGE DIVISION . UNCLASSIFIED MeSSAGE ?AGS THREE RJEDJR 55A E. 773RD ~AD~ON CSAGE) MONTAUK AF STA LI NY, OPERATIONS BUILDING~ F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER: <2> CLAR=:NCE NASOtl, TSGT, 7730 RADRON <SAGE>, RADAR OPERATOR, ESTIMATED RELIABEL. G. ~EATHER AND WINDS: C2) DEI 4, 12T:1 it/EARON, ~JE!.J YORK ADS: ALTITUDE/DEGREES/KNOTS: . ITE~S 3,4,5 AND 7 FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY AP~T/MITCHEL AFB/IJLEWILD APRT: (3) 36~a 3ROKEN/10~0a BROKE~I/12~0~ BROKEN C.!t) 12 ~JILE:S/15 PLUS MILES/ GENERALLY CLOUDY C5) 5000 OVERCAST/~IGH OCERCAST <25- 30000 FEET)/10000 OVERCAST DEPARTMEN1 OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF .~ESSAGE DIVISION UN CLA SSIFIED 'AESSAG E I N COMING PAGZ F'OUR RJEDJ~ ;; ~ (7) 62 DEGREES/63 DEGREES/ 6 1 DEG~EES/ SURFACE :; N S GAT I V E. I~ RADAR CONTACT ONLY. SEE COMMENTS. NEGATIVE INTERCEPT ACTION. J~ ~'EATHE~ SALOON RELEASED FROM IDLEWILD APRT AT 05/2300Z. 1< q2?JRT PREPARED BY SSGT DONALD E WOODS, NCO, INTELLIGENCE DIV, ~ YORK ADS, MCGUIRE AF3, NJ. PREVAILING WIND CONDITIOKS IN CO~JUNCTION ~ITH RATE JF ACCENT OF 3ALLON RELEASED FROM IDLEWILD IND~CATES EXCELLENT POSSIBILITY UFO AND BALLON ONE AND SAM ~ OBJECT. CJNTACT 3Y S~NIJR DI RECTOR WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN LOCAL AREA POS3I3LY E~lGAGED IN EXPERIMENTAL OPERATIONS PROVED NEGATIVE.